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==National arms of Curaçao== | ==National arms of Curaçao== | ||
[[File:Curaçao.jpg|center]] | [[File:Curaçao.jpg|center|400 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad. | The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:curacaol1.jpg|alt=Arms of Curaçao|The arms on a tax stamp | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Other heraldry== | ==Other heraldry== | ||
*[[Curaçao_(stamps)|Heraldic stamps of Curaçao]] | * [[Curaçao_(stamps)|Heraldic stamps of Curaçao]] | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Curaçao]] | [[Category:Curaçao]] | ||
[[Category:America]] | [[Category:America]] | ||